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How to Make the Most of Your Small Social Team
If you’ve worked in any sort of media capacity lately, there’s a good chance you know how to make the most magic with a limited set of resources to help your team succeed.
Charities Adjust Their Communications Strategies to Better Reach Gen Z
Every organization wants to court Gen Z, the youngsters who will be our customers for the next 50 years of more. Nonprofits are no exception.
How Companies Can Find Their Authentic Voice Amid Crisis
Finding your authentic company voice can take time. Here’s how to refine yours.
Maintaining an Inclusive, Accessible Social Media Strategy
We caught up with Destanie Morman of Vote Run Lead to learn how to make corporate social accounts more inclusive.
How to Revive Your In-person Public Speaking Skills (and Reduce Anxiety) in 2023
In my career, I imagine I have given over 1,000 public presentations. As a former fundraiser and current professional communications & DEI strategist, it is a part of my reality.
How to Manage Dips in Productivity Around the Holidays
The holiday season is in full swing, and with it comes a month full of company gatherings, gift exchanges and parties. With all the social events going on this time of year, you might wonder how there’s time to get any work done!
Take Ragan's 5th Annual State of Comms Survey to Benchmark Your Efforts in 2023
Interested in deepening your understanding of the communications landscape — while getting crucial, proprietary research to inform your decisions and navigate what’s ahead in 2023? Answer by the Dec. 21 deadline!
How to Trust Life’s Nudges When Navigating a Career Change
Halfway through the PRSA ICON 2018 conference, I realized that I was choosing my tracks more for what the grassroots side of me needed than for my job as director of media relations at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I knew instantly that the grassroots advocacy side was really where my heart lay.
Understanding How Performative Communication Negatively Impacts Your Organization
Janet Stovall, senior client strategist at NeuroLeadership Institute, discusses performative communications ahead of Ragan’s DEI Certificate Course for Communicators.
2023 Will Bring About ‘The Great Reset’ at Work, Study Says
Nearly three years after the onset of the COVID pandemic, much has changed about how employees engage with their employer and their work.
Storytelling, Business Fluency, Employee Comms Among Top Takeaways of CommsWeek 2022
Ragan’s Communications Week 2022, held Nov. 1-7, was overflowing with takeaways to inform the communicator’s 2023 playbook. Peer-to-peer conversations were abundant during this important industry week, which included the Future of Communications Conference in NYC.
RESEARCH: Here’s Where CEOs See Comms Adding the Most Value
The communications function is at an inflection point, as an endless deluge of social and political issues along with increasing employee comms concerns have illuminated the value of communications to the C-suite.
How to Put Employee Stories at the Center of Your Employer Brand
When trying to highlight the best parts of your company, the best way to tell your organization’s story is to focus on the employees who live your culture every day. At Ragan’s Future of Communications Conference, we were lucky enough to hear from three comms pros on how they find the best employee stories within their companies.
How Purpose Communications Can Nurture Employee Loyalty
Purpose communications can play a big role in this process by helping employees identify a sense of meaning and purpose in their work.
11 Biggest Takeaways from Ragan’s Future of Communications Conference
The 2022 Future of Communications Conference gathered hundreds of communications professionals at the Edison Ballroom in New York City, New York to refine and align their strategies around moving from order takers to strategic advisors whose judgment is material to the growth and success of their organizations. Attendees had the opportunity to brainstorm, reconnect with colleagues, make new friends and learn real-world tips and tactics from dozens of leading communicators.
How to Challenge Glass Cliffs and Codify Your Archetype
Having women in top leadership roles is more important than ever. Women occupy more than half of management roles and are most often the leaders supporting well-being of employees through diversity, equity & inclusion. Yet, we are passed over for c-suite roles and find difficulty in being supported by networks that shift our trajectories towards c-suite placement AND c-suite success – “and” being the operative word. This is particularly true in the world of public relations where near80% of CEO positions are occupied by men.
Ragan CEO Discusses the Role of Communications in HR on WebMD Podcast
On the WebMD Health Services’ “The HR Scoop” podcast, Ragan Communications CEO Diane Schwartz talks about the convergence of HR and communications.
13 Biggest Takeaways from Ragan and PR Daily’s Strategic Communications Conference
The 2022 Strategic Communications Conference gathered nearly 400 professionals at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington to network, brainstorm and learn from dozens of experts in internal and external communications.
Employers are Ditching the College Degree Requirement: Here’s What it Means for Communications
The job market isn’t the same as it was before the world changed a few years ago. Beyond upending the job market and how people work, the pandemic also leveled the playing field for requirements for certain jobs.